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CHARLES Q. TIRRELL 

(Late a Representative from Massachusetts) 



MEMORIAL ADDRESSES 



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DELIVERED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA- 
TIVES AND SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS 
THIRD SESSION 



Proceedings in the House 
February 12, 1911 



Proceedings in the Senate 
February 25, 1911 



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Proceedings in the House . _ ._ ^^5 

Prayer by Rev. Henry N. Couden, D. D 6 

Memorial addresses by — 

Mr. Mitchell, of Massachusetts ^ 

Mr. Gillett, of Massachusetts J3 

Mr. Parker, of New Jersey I5 

Mr. Weeks, of Massachusetts 17 

Mr. Washburn, of Massachusetts 21 

Mr. Lawrence, of Massachusetts 23 

Mr. McGall, of Massachusetts 26 

Mr, Hawley, of Oregon 28 

Mr. O'Connell, of Massachusetts 33 

Mr. Tilson, of Connecticut 3g 

Mr. Shefheld, of Rhode Island 41 

Mr. Howland, of Ohio 44 

Mr. Morgan, of Oklahoma 45 

Mr. Greene, of Massachusetts 47 

Mr. Mondell, of Wyoming 5q 

Mr. Higgins, of Connecticut 52 

Mr. Roberts, of Massachusetts 54 

Proceedings in the Senate. .. r,. 

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Prayer by Rev. Ulysses G. R. Pierce, D. D 58 
Memorial addresses by — 

Mr. Lodge, of Massachusetts (jy 

Mr. Crane, of Massachusetts g2 



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HON. CHARUES OUINCY TIRRELL 



DEATH OF HON. CHARLES Q. TIRRELL 



Proceedings in the House 

December 5, 1910. 

Mr. Mitchell. Mr. Speaker, I offer the following reso- 
lutions relative to the death of nw predecessor, Mr. 

TiRRELL. 

The Speaker. The gentleman from Massachusetts offers 
the following resolutions, which the Clerk will report. 
The Clerk read as follows : 

Resolved, That the House has heard with profound sorrow of 
the death of Hon. Charles Quincy Tirrell, late a Representative 
from the State of Massachusetts. 

Resolved, That the Clerk of the House be directed to transmit 
a copy of these resolutions to the Senate. 

The resolutions were agreed to. 

January 19, 1911. 

Mr. Mitchell. Mr. Speaker, I desire to offer the fol- 
lowing order: 

The Clerk read as follows: 

Ordered, That Sunday, the 12th of February, at 12 o'clock 
noon, be set apart for addresses on the life, character, and public 
services of the Hon. Charles Qlincy Tirrell, late a Repre- 
sentative from the State of Massachusetts. 

The order was agreed to. 

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Sunday, February 12, 1911. 

The House met at 12 o'clock noon and was called to 
order by Mr. Greene, Speaker pro tempore. 

The Chaplain, Rev. Henry N. Couden, D. D., offered the 
following prayer: 

Our Father in heaven, we bless Thee for all the dis- 
closures Thou has made of Thyself, especially for the 
Gospel, the glad tidings of great joy, which fell from the 
lips of the Master, inspiring the hearts of men with faith 
in the eternal goodness of God and the unbroken con- 
tinuity of life. "Let not ijoiir heart be troubled; ye 
believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house 
are many man.sions: if it were not so, I would have told 
you. I go to prepare a place for you." Blessed words, 
which lifts the veil, })oints the way, removes the sting of 
death, comforts the sad and bereaved heart. 

We are liere to-day in memoiw of two distinguished 
men, strong in mentality, lofty of purpose, clean in char- 
acter, called by their fellow citizens to service in their 
respective States and in the National Congress, who in 
every station of life acquitted themselves with credit and 
honor. They have passed on into one of the Father's 
many mansions. May the record of their lives be an 
inspiration to us und to those who come after us, and 
grant that their loved ones may go forward with perfect 
f;iith in — 

That God, whicti ever lives and loves. 

One God, one law, one element, 

.\nd one far-off, divine event, 
To which the whole creation moves. 

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The Journal of the proceedings of yesterday was read 
and approved. 

The Speaker pro tempore. The Clerk will read the 
special order. 

The Clerk read as follows: 

On motion of Mr. Mitchell, by unanimous consent, 

Ordered, That Sunday, the 12th of F"cbruary, at 12 o'clock, be 

set apart for addresses on the life, character, and public services 

of the Hon. Charles Quincy Tirrell, late a Representative from 

the State of Massachusetts. 

On motion of Mr. Taylor of Colorado, by unanimous consent, 
Ordered, That on Sunday, February 12, 1911, the delivery of 

eulogies on the life, character, and public services of the Hon. 

Charles James Hughes, Jr., late a Senator of the United States 

from Colorado, shall be in order. 

Mr. Mitchell. Mr. Speaker, I offer the following resolu- 
tions, which I send to the desk and ask to have read. 
The Clerk read as follows: 

Eesolued, That the business of the House be now suspended 
that opportunity may be given for tributes to the memory of 
Hon. Chaiiles Quincy Tirrell, late a Member of this House from 
the State of Massachusetts. 

Resolved, That as a particular mark of respect to the memory 
of the deceased and in recognition of his distinguished public 
career, the House, at the conclusion of the exercises of this day, 
shall stand adjourned. 

Resolved, That the Clerk conmiunicate these resolutions to the 
Senate. 

Resolved, That the Clerk send a copy of these resolutions to 
the family of the deceased. 



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MEMORIAL ADDRESSES 



Address of Mr. Mitchell, of Massachusetts 

Mr. Speaker: It is my melancholy privilege to supple- 
ment the resolutions just offered with a brief summaiy 
of the life, the character, and the public services of my 
predecessor. 

Charles Quincy Tirrell was born in Sharon, Mass., 
December 10, 1844, of a distinguished family of New 
England, so rich in names that illumine the pages of the 
Nation's history. While a mere lad, with his parents, he 
moved from his natal town to Westfield. In 1862 he 
entered Dartmouth College, and graduated from that 
institution in 1866. He started his career in the world's 
activities, as did many of our American statesmen, by 
leaching school. He was principal of Peacham Academy, 
at Peacham, Vt., for one year, and the following two 
years the principal of the high school at St. Johnsbury, 
Vt. Rut his ambition ran in a different line and he began 
the study of law, which was to be his life work, in the 
office of Richard H. Dana, jr., and in August, 1870, he 
was admitted to the Sufl'olk bar in Roston. He opened 
an ofhce in that city at once, and here successfully fol- 
lowed his profession to the time of his death. At the 
bar he won a place and a name for himself as an active, 
an upright, and a high-minded practitioner. He tried 
many important cases, and he acted as trustee of a large 
number of estates, including some of considerable mag- 

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nitude and diverse character. His entire career at the 
bar was marked by a degree of fidelity, of strict integrity, 
rigid honesty, and thoroughness that made him honored 
and respected by his brother members, and sought after 
and trusted by tliose who had confided their affairs to 
him. This upright man never betrayed any trust or did 
aught but bring honor, luster, and distinction to the bar 
of which he was an honored member. 

In 1873 he married Mary E. Hollis, of Natick, and at 
once removed to that town. Here it was that he lived the 
balance of his life. He became identified with every 
interest of the town that tended to the advancement and 
the betterment of the institutions, the industries, and the 
individuals that go to make this splendid, typical, pro- 
gressive New England town. He had come to the town 
with some experience in public affairs. From his earliest 
manhood he had shown a lively interest in such matters, 
and in 1869, while a resident of the town of Weymouth, 
he had been elected a member of the school board and 
had served up to the time of his removal to Natick. 
Espousing the cause of the Republican Party with which 
he had identified himself on attaining his majority, and in 
which party he came in the fullness of time to occupy a 
prominent part, in 1871 he was elected to the general 
court. So active was the interest which he manifested 
in public questions that in 1880 he was elected to the 
Massachusetts Senate, and served two terms in that body. 
He played a prominent part in the upper chamber, his 
training, his experience, and his great zeal and industry 
making him a valuable member of the important com- 
mittees to which he had been assigned. In 1888 he was a 
presidential elector. His interest in town affairs never 
flagged, and for many years he was the lionored mod- 
erator of the Natick town meetings, being frequently 
unanimously chosen. 

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One phase of his interest in public questions was his 
lifelong devotion to the cause of temperance. He always 
believed that this moral question was so closely related 
to the public welfare that this energetic man took more 
than a passive interest in this question, and actively 
identified himself with the Grand Temple of Honor and 
Temperance and with the Massachusetts Total Absti- 
nence Society. He held otlicc in both of these organiza- 
tions. His heart was in the work, and the friends of the 
temperance movement mourn his loss and find it hard 
to fill his place. 

He was also actively interested in the Independent 
Order of Odd Fellows, and step by step advanced to the 
highest position in the State organization, and later was 
its representative to the sovereign grand lodge. 

It was a remarkable trait in the character of Mr. Tir- 
rell that he was never content to stay in the ranks. His 
untiring energy, his close application to the work at hand, 
his sincerity, and his real worth all combined to make 
and to mark him for leadership in many branches of 
human effort. 

The attention of the citizens of the splendid fourth 
district in Massachusetts was more and more being 
attracted to Charles Quincy Tirrell, educator, lawyer, 
business man, and public servant, and in 1900 he was 
signally honored by being chosen to membership in the 
Fifty-seventh Congress. From that time to the Sabbath 
morning, July 31, 1910, when the messenger of death sum- 
moned him to his reward, he gave the best that was in 
him to his district, to his State, to his Nation, and to 
mankind. 

It is not my province to dwell at any length upon the 
services of my predecessor in this body. His colleagues 
and associates of years are here assembled to attest by 
presence and by voice the nature and the value of those 

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services. He had entered upon his membership in this 
body with wide experience and training in business and 
in politics and with an aptitude and a love of State and 
Nation that well qualified him to take his place here. 

He represented a constituency unsurpassed in our fair 
land. Many elements entered into its composition. Its 
toiling thousands in factory and in mill, its skilled arti- 
sans, its sturdy farmers exacting from hard rugged soil 
with burdensome labor nature's diversified products, its 
busy merchants, its educators, and captains of industry, 
all the ramified branches and varied activities that go to 
make an agricultural and manufacturing district were 
represented by him. 

Aye, more! He represented the high ideals, the best 
traditions, the patriotic spirit of a people that from the 
very beginning of the establishment of this Republic had 
made their impress and given an impetus, aye, led the 
way to the building of the Nation. This son of old Middle- 
sex, rich in its history, proud of its heritage, came as its 
accredited Representative to the Nation's capital. 

No district in the grand old Commonwealth has within 
its confines more to inspire, to ennoble, and to uplift the 
citizen, the legislator, the Representative to lofty, to 
unselfish, and to patriotic service. The past appealed 
and the present and future beckoned him on to high 
endeavor. With such ideals and a fitting conception of 
the dignity, the duty, and the responsibility of the high 
office, he took his place here. No obstacle was placed in 
his way by the people of his district during his many 
years of service. 

As the campaign was opening for the recent elections 
Mr. TiRRELL, somewhat impaired in health by strict atten- 
tion to duties and by the infirmities incident to age, volun- 
tarily relinquished his candidacy for nomination and 
informed his congressional committee that he would not 

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again be a candidate for office. His life work had l)een 
finished. On the day following the announcement that 
he had retired forever from political life he quietly, in 
tlie presence of his family, passed out of this world. 
What a happy ending to the life of one who had never 
known an idle or a wasted day! 

And death is beautiful as feet of friend 
Coming with welcome at our journey's end. 

Charles Quincy Tirrell, loving husband, dutiful 
father, good citizen, honest and faithful public servant, 
Christian gentleman, had passed beyond to — 

That undiscovered country, fi-om whose bourn no traveler 
returns. 

At a time when the fierce light of publicity beat down 
upon eveiy public man, Charles Quincy Tirrell exposed 
to the world a spotless character, a clean heart, a perfect 
record, and an unblemished reputation. 

Small wonder it was that the people of his district — 
the laboring man, the old soldier, the farmer, the devoted 
wife, the only son — all joined in mourning his departure 
and in paying tribute to the memory of this good man. 

The greatest and best and most enduring monument 
to Charles Quincy Tirrell is erected upon the founda- 
tion laid by himself, of industry, of truth, of integrity, and 
Christianity. His life of great usefulness has ended, and 
he has.passed beyond to a better home and resting place; 
but as long as the great Republic endures, in the annals of 
this House will be recorded the life, the work, the achieve- 
ments, and the usefulness of this true, loyal, and patriotic 
American, here to be an incentive and an inspiration to 
noble endeavor and lofty effort to all his counlrymen 
whom he loved so well and served so faithfully and 
loyally. 



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Address of Mr. Gillett, of Massachusetts 

Mr. Speaker: I knew Mr. Tirrell many years before 
he came to Congress, but our acquaintance had been 
very slight and had given me no insight at all into his 
real qualities and abilities. He was so modest and unas- 
suming in manner and appearance that it required time 
to appreciate him, and I am confident that those who 
never had occasion to go below the surface underesti- 
mated him. When, however, you were brought into inti- 
mate contact with him and saw his mental machinery in 
action you discovered that it was an engine of unusual 
power and precision. His mind was clear, straightfor- 
ward, and penetrating; he was businesslike and methodi- 
cal. He gave to his work unflagging industry, and his 
opinions always deserved, and, in this House, always 
received, respect. 1 am sure the members of his com- 
mittee will testify that he was a most valuable colleague, 
for it was in such careful, painstaking legal work that his 
qualities would be most useful and effective. But he was 
a clear and forcible speaker, his manner was vigorous 
and engaging, and in the running debate of the House he 
was well qualified to hold his own against all comers. 
He was a most kindly, warm-hearted, obliging friend, 
always glad to do a service, and with a cordial and 
amiable manner that endeared him to all who knew him 
well. The suggestion of my colleague, that he graduated 
from Dartmouth, suggested to my mind the query. How 
many of the Massachusetts delegation were college grad- 

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uates? And I think there are 10 of the 14 in this Con- 
gress — three from Harvard, two from Amherst, two from 
Dartmouth, one from Boston College, one from West 
Point, and one from Annapolis — which would seem to 
indicate that in Massachusetts at least the value of higher 
education is appreciated and does not carry with it any 
tinge of unpopularity. 

Mr. Tirrell is the seventh Member of Congress from 
Massachusetts in whose memorial services in this Cham- 
ber I have participated since I came here, and it brings 
home again to-day the sad uncertainty of friendships 
and associations, and " what shadows we are and what 
shadows we pursue." 



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Address of Mr. Parker, of New Jersey 

Mr, Speaker: My knowledge of Charles Quincy Tir- 
rell was close, because he was the ranking member of 
the committee of which I have the honor to be chairman. 
To his subcommittee was referred the whole category 
of bills relating to the jurisdiction, practice, and pro- 
cedure of United States courts. In presiding over that 
subcommittee, composed of one-third of the main com- 
mittee, he was untiring, earnest, and devoted. The House 
will remember the care that he gave to the amendments 
to the bankruptcy act, perhaps the last matter that he 
brought prominently before the House, and in which, 
because of my absence, he took charge of all proceedings 
on a calendar Wednesday during the entire day. His 
mind, as has been stated, was systematic, careful, and 
accurate. His thoughts and opinions were his own. He 
would support them by reasons, but he gave way to no 
one else when he had once made up his mind. Quiet, 
seemingly timid as he was, he carried wdth him that 
greatest of all possessions, a mind of his own. 

It was sad that just as he came to possession of 
real control — in the committee and in the House — his 
health had so broken that it could be seen at all times 
that he did not feel confident about himself. He had had 
some sort of an attack a year before of which he told 
no one. The fear of another hung over him, so that he 
had made up his mind to retire from public life and go 
back to and live quietly with those he loved in his own 
home. He had written a letter stating this as his deter- 

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mination, and I think it was only the next day that the 
stroke fell upon him; a stroke that was a surprise to all 
his friends and a surprise to his people. 

I need only add that when I heard the news and went 
to his funeral I found every office and every shop closed. 
The people of the whole town turned out, some in pro- 
cession and some at the house, to do honor to the citizen 
and friend that they had lost. 

In the newspaper of that town on the next Friday (the 
Natick Bulletin, Aug. 5, 1910) appeared a short article 
with reference to him that I think may well go into the 
Record: 

In the death of Congressman Tirrell the Nation loses an 
honest and painstaking public servant, the State an able defender 
of its rights, and the town of Natick a friend who ever had its 
best interests at heart and who, next to Henry Wilson, was its 
most distinguished citizen. 

We doubt if the real greatness of Charles Q. Tirrell was 
generally known, even to his own townsmen. His was not the 
greatness which looks for public applause, but of the kind which 
comes from honest service well performed. He loved public 
life not because of the personal prestige which came, but because 
he could render a service to his fellow men, and he devoted his 
whole energies in their behalf. He was a man of the people, 
and the humblest received from him the same consideration as 
the wealthiest, and he was a willing helper in every just cause. 

His was a simple life and cared but little for display, and the 
simple but impressive obsequies were in accordance with what 
was believed to be his wishes. 

In the common acceptance of the term he may not have been 
a great man, but in faithfulness of public service, loyalty to his 
State, and his interest and devotion to his town and his friends, 
no man stands higher in the estimation of the people; and the 
best eulogy that can be pronounced upon him is that his was the 
greatness which comes from duty well performed and the good- 
ness which comes from a life devoted to the best interests of 
humanity. 



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Address of Mr. Weeks, of Massachusetts 

Mr. Speaker: In recent years Massachusetts has been 
represented in the House of Representatives by 11 Repub- 
licans and 3 Democrats. Of the 11 Republicans who were 
serving at the beginning of the Fifty-ninth Congress 8 are 
still here and have been elected to the next Congress, an 
indication, I think, of the consistency of the average Mas- 
sachusetts constituency, and possibly of the confidence 
which their constituents have in these Representatives as 
individuals. The vacancies caused in the three cases in 
which changes have taken place have been due not to the 
retirement or defeat but to the death of the sitting Mem- 
ber. Hon. Rockwood Hoar, of the third district, died on 
the 1st day of November, 1906; Hon. William C. Lovering, 
of the fourteenth district, died on the 4th day of Febru- 
ary, 1910; and Hon. Charles Q. Tirrell, whose memory 
we now officially mourn, and who was serving his fifth 
term in Congress, died suddenly on the 31st day of 
July, 1910. 

Service in Congress is of two kinds. First, there is the 
service which represents the direct interests of one's con- 
stituents, which includes the multitudinous duties relating 
to the different occupations of the residents of a congres- 
sional district. It involves a large correspondence, fre- 
quently as many as 50 letters a day, manj^ of which are of 
such character that they necessitate visiting a department, 
or making elaborate inquiry, before a reply can be made; 
the attention to the wishes of one's constituents in the 
many varieties of legislation which are pending; the spe- 

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cial care of those who are interested in pension legisla- 
tion; questions relating to post offices and the postal 
service; and an endless number of similar matters or 
matters of smaller moment, all of which need much 
attention, and in some districts require substantially all 
of the Member's time. 

Secondly, there are the matters of large public impor- 
tance, like general appropriation bills, legislation relating 
to the subjects which are treated in national platforms, 
consideration of the recommendations of the administra- 
tion, not only the Executive, but the different depart- 
ments; legislation relating to our military establishment, 
and many other similar questions which affect the whole 
countiT rather than one's congressional district. Occa- 
sionally these questions bring one into contlict between 
what seems to be a general requirement and a local 
necessity, but, in any case, it becomes necessary for a 
Member of Congress to not only be a special representa- 
tive of the 200,000 or more people who are responsible for 
sending him to Washington, but also, if he is going to 
reach a position of influence, he must, to a greater or less 
extent, specialize, which means that he devotes much of 
his time to the work connected with the important com- 
mittees of which he may be a member, so that he becomes 
familiar with, and even a specialist in, that particular 
work. 

Mr. Tirrell filled both of these requirements. Veiy 
few men in Congress with whose work 1 have been 
familiar have given more detailed attention to the needs 
of their districts than he did. One Member can never 
know just what another is busying himself about, but 1 
had sufficient knowledge of his work to feel convinced 
that the slightest request of those whom he represented 
was given his personal attention, so that, as a direct per- 
sonal representative, he should have been most satis- 

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Address of Mr. Weeks, of Massachusetts 

factory to the people of his district. In addition to that, 
however, he found time to devote to matters of impor- 
tance not relating to his district. He served for many 
years on the Committee on Claims, a committee to which 
is sent a large numher of bills, all of which require 
minute investigation before one can be confident that he 
is in a position to properly protect the Government and 
at the same time to do justice to the applicant. It is, in 
a sense, a thankless service, for, while it does not ordi- 
narily bring a Member into prominence, it requires as 
much detailed work as a membership in almost any com- 
mittee in the House — work which must be performed by 
men who are conscientious, clear-headed, and who have 
a judicial temperament. 

I feel sure that Mr. Tirrell filled these requirements 
in his service on this committee. He was also associ- 
ated, for man}' years, with a more important commit- 
tee — in fact, one of the most important in the House — 
the Judiciary. To this committee, also, there is sent a 
large volume of legislation, much of which affects the 
most important interests, to which must be brought not 
only tireless industry but a legal knowledge of the first 
order. It is the kind of service for which a lawyer hav- 
ing a large general practice would be qualified. Mr. 
Tirrell's whole practice had been, not of a specialized 
order but in connection with business matters of a varied 
character, so that he was naturally familiar with very 
many of the questions which came before the Judiciary 
Committee, and this familiarity made him at once a 
useful member. It is with these things that those of us 
now serving in Congress are most familiar, and to which 
we can testify from our own knowledge, but for many 
years before he came to Washington he had seen varied 
service, political and otherwise. He had served in our 
State legislature, both as a representative and senator, 

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and, as a lawyer, had been connected with many impor- 
tant matters, representing large interests as an adviser 
and in the courts. All of this training which he had 
before he came to Congress was of value to him here, 
and was undoubtedly the reason why he served so long 
and so largely to the satisfaction of the people of Mas- 
sachusetts, and especially of his own district. Members 
of the House will readily recall that he was a most 
approachable man, ready to accommodate himself to 
conditions as they arose, firm in his political faith, an 
ardent advocate of the protection policy, prepared at a 
moment's notice to defend this faith, and especially the 
value of this policy to the various interests in his dis- 
trict; and such was his devotion to duty that he worked 
diligently in his congressional service long after it was 
apparent to those in close touch with him that he should 
have given up his active duties and taken a long rest. 
Always a comparatively frail man, in the last months of 
his service here it was noticeable that his physical ener- 
gies were overtaxed, but this did not deter him during 
the session of Congress, when he was able to be present, 
from performing his usual duties. The last time 1 saw 
him was at a meeting of one of the political clubs in 
Massachusetts, during the month of July, and I- felt then 
that, unless he was willing to give up his active work 
and attempt to rebuild his health, he would not be long 
able to continue his service. Notwithstanding this feeling, 
however, 1 was greatly sliocked to receive, while making 
a trip through the West, a telegram stating that he had 
passed away. I received this news with the feeling that 
his party had lost a trusted adviser, that those iimnodi- 
ately associated with him had lost a good friend, and 
his constituents a Representative whom, in most respects, 
it would be ditlicult to replace. 



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Address of Mr. Washburn, of Massachusetts 

Mr. Speaker: I regret that my engagements have been 
such that I have been unable to make any preparation 
for the services of this day. What I say will be suggested 
by the inspiration of the moment and single reflection 
of my estimate of the character of our departed friend. 

But, Mr. Speaker, the mere fact that a few of his more 
intimate associates are gathered to-day in this historic 
Chamber is in itself a somewhat impressive tribute to 
his memory — in this Chamber which for upward of 50 
years has been the center of the political activities of this 
country during a most wonderful epoch in its history, 
and during which time a far greater number of its mem- 
bership have passed " to that mysterious realm " than 
are now living. 

My intimate acquaintance with Mr. Tirrell began with 
my service in this House. I have noted with interest that 
he w^as a graduate of Dartmouth College, and the mere 
mention of that name recalls to us the greatest and most 
distinguished of her sons who served in both branches of 
the Congress where he won imperishable fame, and who 
made the name of his college immortal by his champion- 
ship of her cause in the Supreme Court of the United 
States. And I am reminded now that no jnore discrim- 
inating estimate of his character and ability has ever 
been made than that by our distinguished colleague, 
Mr. McCall. 

It has been said by some one, Mr. Speaker, that " genius 
consists in an infinite capacity for taking pains." If 
that be true, I think we may justly saj' that our departed 
friend had some of the attributes of true genius, because 
I should say that the quality that most impressed those 

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of us who knew him was the careful, diligent, and pains- 
taking consideration which he gave to evei-y question, 
large or small, upon which it was his duty to pass. Cour- 
teous, obliging, of a friendly disposition, he had endeared 
himself, and justly, to his associates, and yet his desire 
to harmonize his views with those of his party never pre- 
vented him from standing firmly for what he believed to 
be right, and on more than one occasion led him to dis- 
agree radically with friends whose opinions he highly 
valued. 

I suppose, Mr. Speaker, that in estimating a man's 
character we may justly ascribe the greatest praise to 
that character which is so well rounded as to adequately 
and completely respond to the varied duties which everj^ 
man in this world is obliged to face, and my acquaintance 
with our friend leads me without hesitation to say that 
he was always loyal to his counti'j^ to his church, and 
to his family, and that he never failed in performing to 
the fullness of his ability the exacting requirements 
imposed in all of these relations. 

Mr. Tirrell represented, Mr. Speaker, a Massachusetts 
district rich in historic associations. It was there that 
Eliot labored among the Indians, and it was in that 
immediate vicinity that much of the earliest history of 
New England was made. Our friend never failed to 
appreciate and to be proud of that fact, and he was 
equally alive to his responsibilities as a representative 
of the later development of our industrial activities 
which have entirely transformed the character and the 
occupations of our New England people. 

Mr. Speaker, 1 regard it as a privilege to be permitted 
to say these few words as a modest tribute to our departed 
fi'iend, whose memoiy 1 am sure we shall always carry 
willi us as one of the most grateful we have had in con- 
nection with our service in this House. 

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Address of Mr. Lawrence, of Massachusetts 

Mr. Speaker : For the second time during the Sixty-first 
Congress the Members of the Massachusetts delegation 
have been saddened by the loss of a beloved and respected 
associate. It seems but a few days ago that we were 
gathered together in this Hall to pay tribute to the life and 
character of William C. Lovering, and now, death having 
again invaded our ranks, we have met to give expression 
to our sincere sorrow at the passing from us of another 
friend and colleague— Charles Q. Tirrell. Both were 
true and tried sons of Massachusetts. Both had success- 
fully stood that most trying of all tests, the test of service. 
Many years of earnest and patriotic effort had won wide 
recognition and generous appreciation. Throughout our 
Commonwealth there is regret, deep and genuine, at the 
loss of these two faithful public servants. 

During the sad exercises held in honor of Mr. Lovering, 
one of the most thoughtful addresses was made by the 
man who was so soon to follow him. Let me quote a few 
sentences. Mr. Tirrell, in speaking of Mr. Lovering, said : 

He was not easily discouraged. He did not drop a matter 
because the majority were against him. He returned again and 
again to the charge. If his original proposition was voted down, 
again it would appear, perhaps in a changed or modified form, 
and be pushed forward with enthusiasm. If defeated, it did not 
discourage him, but stimulated him to renewed effort under 
different conditions. He had been taught the valuable lesson of 
patience and of untiring work. 

Well may these words be spoken of him who uttered 
them. Charles Q. Tirrell had indeed been taught the 

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valuable lesson of patience and untiring work. He was 
simply indefatigable in attention to his legislative duties 
and to the needs of his congressional district. He never 
spared himself, not even when his health became 
impaired and unremitting labor brought pain and exhaus- 
tion. He, too, was not easily discouraged, and he rarely 
met with defeat. Mr. Tirrell was a man who not only 
worked, but who accomplished results. And his whole 
record in Congress will be remembered because of things 
done. 

I suppose his best work was done in the Committee on 
the Judiciary. There his fine legal mind and his long and 
varied experience counted for much. One thing can not 
be said too often, that in grappling with difficult and 
perplexing problems within the jurisdiction of that com- 
mittee he never thought for an instant of political con- 
sequences. He did what seemed to him to be right, and 
was apparently indifferent to the results upon his political 
fortunes. His courage was recognized by his associates 
upon the committee and in the House, and he was always 
held in high honor therefor. 

I shall not attempt to-day to speak in detail of the life 
and public services of our friend. That has been done 
effectively by his successor and by otlier Members of the 
House especially ([ualified to bear testimony to the use- 
fulness of that life and to the liigh quality of that service 
by many years of intimate companionship and by ties of 
a common service. There is really little occasion for me 
to say anything. And yet I would not let tliis occasion 
pass without speaking of my admiration for liis many 
fine qualities of mind and heart, of my affection for him, 
and of my sorrow that he should have been taken from us. 
Some one has said tliat " the making of friends wlio arc 
real friends is the best token of a man's success in life." 
Then, indeed, was Charij:s Tirrell's life successful in 

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large measure. Friends he had here and at home, who 
rejoiced in his achievements and who welcomed every 
opportunity to show that they were real friends. 

Who knows the joys of friendship? 

The trust, security, and mutual tenderness, 

The double joys, where each is glad for both? 

Friendship our only wealth, our last retreat and strength, 

Secure against ill fortune and the world. 

Our friend has gone, but w^e can even now rejoice in 
the memories he has left. A life characterized by devo- 
tion to duty can not fail to be an inspiration during the 
coming years. 



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Address of Mr. McCall, of Massachusetts 

Mr. Speaker: I should speak to-day with very great 
reluctance if I did not feel that the imperfection and 
inadequacy of any tribute that I may pay to my col- 
league were not so well supplemented by the eloquent 
words which have been spoken by the gentlemen who 
have preceded me. What I shall say will be only the 
unstudied word that one friend speaks of another. I 
knew Mr. Tirrell many years before he came to Con- 
gress. I knew very w^ell his habits of patient industrj% 
of careful preparation in any matter of which he had 
charge, and 1 knew his high talent as a lawyer. My col- 
league, Mr. Washburn, has spoken of a veiy good defi- 
nition of genius, that it is the quality of taking infinite 
pains. Mr. Tirrell certainly had that quality in a very 
high degree. He was one of the trustees of an impor- 
tant savings bank in Massachusetts, a position that could 
have no pecuniary attraction for anyone, but which 
required especially a talent for business and a devotion 
to the interests intrusted to him, a painstaking care for 
many details, and a willingness to look after the small 
savings of working people. He was willing to do such 
things as that, requiring his own gratuitous devotion to 
the good of others. He had the spirit of service. When 
he came to the House of Representatives he served with 
great ability and labor upon one of the most undesirable 
committees of this House, as committees go — the Com- 
mittee on Claims. I was impressed with the careful way 
in which he would study the merits, the dry details of 
the claims that were referred to him, and how judicial 
and thoughtful his decision would finally be. 1 know 
especially of one claim which liad been pending for many 

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years, a very just claim, which he unraveled, the merits 
of which he disclosed, and which was finally passed by 
both Houses of Congress. His notable service here was 
rendered upon the Committee on the Judiciar>% where 
he exerted an important and beneficent influence upon 
the character of our laws. 

He was always a man of delicate health, and especially 
so while he was a Member of this House. It is remark- 
able that under such circumstances he should have been 
able to accomplish so much. Some of his speeches made 
here were models of argument upon the questions he 
discussed. 

He was a man who stood well with both sides of the 
House. While he was a strong Republican, he had none 
of the qualities of a narrow partisan. I remember in one 
of his campaigns, on account of some division among his 
antagonists, no nomination was made and he received 
the vote of the great mass of the voters of his district 
without distinction of party. He was a man for whom a 
political antagonist under such circumstances might 
easily vote. 

He had a charming personality, and the personal quality 
that I think of more than any other was his gaiety of spirit. 
He was alwaj^s good-natured; he always appeared to be 
unruffled, even when the jest concerned himself. He took 
a great interest in sports. I believe the day before he died 
he attended with his son an athletic contest. He kept 
up his interest in all the walks and departments of 
life. 

His passing was a great loss to the delegation. His 
industr>% his patience, his ability, his fine companionship 
we all appreciated, and it was wdth very deep sorrow that 
we all learned that he was no more and that we should 
not again see him in this Hall and in the charming circle 
of his home. 



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Address of Mr. Hawley, of Oregon 

Mr. Speaker: On the tide of passing years we meet 
countless multitudes of people as ships that pass in the 
night. We see a dim form and outline. We know noth- 
ing of their content or of their characteristics as they 
drift from our vision, probahly never to be thought of 
again. But among the multitudes that come and go there 
occasionally crosses our course some one who attracts 
us, and finding characteristic qualities that are admirable 
we draw closer to them as bound on a similar voyage and 
acquaint ourselves Avith the qualities that have attracted 
us to them. 

I knew Hon. Charles Q. Tirrell as a member of the 
Committee on Claims, a most exacting committee, whose 
duties are difficult satisfactorily to perform. To that 
body of men are referred the bills introduced by the 
Members in this House or by the other branch of this 
legislative body seeking to have justice done to indi- 
viduals, communities, or to organizations. Ex parte evi- 
dence is largely the kind of evidence submitted. It is 
the custom of tlie committee to seek such information 
and evidence as may be available anywhere or in the 
departments of the Government, but largely the evidence 
is ex parte. To weigh the evidence submitted and inquire 
thoroughly into the propositions made, to do justice to all 
claimants who present their claims to the consideration 
of a great Government, is not an easy task. 

Mr. Tirrell, the ranking member of the committee, 
chairman of one of its subconnnittees, was painstaking 
and indefatigable in labor. Faithful in the committee 
room, thoroughly acquainted with every bill referred to 
his subcommittee, diligent and careful in the examina- 



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tion of all the papers submitted, he endeavored to do that 
which was right between the Government and its citizens. 
Service on that committee is difTicult in another way. 
People, claimants, confident of the justice of their claims, 
present themselves before it and appeal to the sympa- 
thies and to the tender-heartedness of the members. No 
one could ever have said that Mr. Tirrell was without 
sympathy, and at heart he was one of the kindest of men, 
but it became necessary several times for him to take a 
position contraiy to some claimant's contention, a verj' 
painful thing for him to do, but with gentleness equal to 
that of a woman and with a justice as great as that of 
Solomon's he explained to them the reason for his action. 
It takes a man of considerable strength of character and 
manly fiber to do the right thing at all times and in the 
right way. In the four years' service of Mr. Tirrell on 
that committee I can not recall an untactful word, an 
unkind sentence, or any statement that left a sting. In 
thinking of him I think of the advice that Polonius gave 
to Laertes : 

Give thy thoughts no tongue, 

Nor any unproportioned thought his act. 

Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar. 

The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, 

Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel; 

But do not dull thy palm with entertainment 

Of each new-hatched, unfledged comrade. Beware 

Of entrance to a quarrel; but, being in, 

Bear't that th' opposed may beware of thee. 

Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice; 

Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment. 



This above all — To thine own self be true; 
And it must follow, as the night the day. 
Thou canst not then be false to any man. 



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In the death of this distinguished Member from Massa- 
chusetts the public has lost a faithful and effective soldier 
of the common good. If all of his acts were taken and 
written down, I think those who loved him most and 
knew him best would have little cause to grieve — so 
clean his life, so clear his purpose, so just his motives and 
his action. 

On this day, hallowed by the birth of the greatest 
American ever born under the flag, it may not be inappro- 
priate to step aside for a minute and speak a word con- 
cerning American character. Worthy human character 
is everj'where the greatest purely human thing in the 
world. And when — 

The cloud-capp'd towers, the gorgeous palaces, 
The solemn temples, the great globe itself. 
Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve; 
And, like this insubstantial pageant faded. 
Leave not a rack behind — 

worthy men and women shall shine in fadeless immor- 
tality. 

In his Ethics of the Dust, Mr. Ruskin uses this illustra- 
tion: Go near a manufacturing town; take from the hill- 
side or from the pathway a handful of the common earth. 
It will be composed of sand, of clay, or soot, and of water, 
a mass that mars and disfigures everything it touches. 
Separate these four elements. Taking the clay first, give 
it a little training, a little development, a little oppor- 
tunity, and it becomes the common brick from which we 
build houses. With a yet higher development, a little 
greater opportunity, it becomes the porcelain, and with 
still further development it passes into the finer chinas, 
and on through subsequent stages of development, if it 
has its opportunity and will submit to the tests, until it 
finally becomes a sapphire, blue as honvcn's arch and 

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symbol of truth and faith. The sand will make such 
glass as this [indicating the skylight], or common glass, 
or glass worth more than its own weight in gold; but in 
its highest form and with its greatest opportunity for 
development it becomes the opal, lit with iridescent fires. 
The black soot, marring and soiling everything it touches, 
if given its full opportunity of development, becomes the 
white diamond, fit to adorn the brow of beauty or the 
hand of power. And so this marring and distasteful 
mass, taken from the hillside, if allowed to develop, be- 
comes a diamond, an opal, a sapphire, set about a star of 
snow. 

America is the conflux of all the races. Each race has 
brought its several aptitudes to this country, and out of 
the opportunities here afforded there have been developed 
from time to time men and women of such character, at- 
tainments, and services as to become the admiration of 
the world. Down in the cabin on the hillside of the Alle- 
ghenies and up in a place in Massachusetts, on their sev- 
eral days of birth, were born little handfuls of human 
clay. No one stood by those cradles to presage the de- 
velopment that would come. Out of adversity, out of 
seeming impossibilities, out of ver>' opposition itself, Lin- 
coln rose by the refinements that he submitted to and 
from the development that he sought, as did the elements 
of this handful of earth of which I have spoken, to be 
The Great American, " The foremost men in all the tide 
of time; " and the man in whose solemn memory we hold 
this service to-day, by similar means, by purity of devo- 
tion and purity of heart and integrity of purpose, rose in 
your heart and in mine and in the hearts of his constitu- 
ents to a high and holj^ place, because he worthily did his 
work and faithfully availed himself of his opportunities. 

But he has concluded his w^ork. We have missed him 
seriously in the Committee on Claims. We have lacked 



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many times the soundness of his judgment and the so- 
briety of his reasoning. With his departure the Govern- 
ment and the people have suffered a distinct loss. But 
that which is our loss is the gain of some other world. 

Man, as it was said once before in the halls of Congress, 
is the center of a circle whose fatal circumference he can 
not pass. Within its confines he is omnipotent, but out- 
side of it he perishes, and if any human life, even the 
longest and most fortunate, is not supplemented here- 
after by a fuller life, then w^e are of all creatures the most 
miserable, and those who fear to die should dread to live, 
for life would be a tragedy more dark and inexplicable 
than death. 

What a piece of work is man! 

How noble in reason! 

How infinite in faculty! 

In form and moving, how express and admirable! 

In action, how like an angel! 

In apprehension, how like a god! 

Tlie beauty of the world. 

Such men as he whose solemn memorA'^ we commemo- 
rate to-day lead us in the words of the great singer to 
this : 

There is a God who lives and loves, 

One God, one law, one element; 

And one far-off divine event, 
To which the whole creation moves. 



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Address of Mr. O'Connell, of Massachusetts 

Mr. Speaker: Once again the Sixty-first Congress is 
called' upon to pay honor to the memory of a Representa- 
tive in this House from the Commonwealth of Massa- 
chusetts. The loss of two Congressmen within a year 
brings us rather abruptly to the fullest realization of the 
uncertainty of this life. The death of Mr. Lovering, who 
represented the fourteenth district, left a big gap in the 
Massachusetts delegation, for as the Nestor of this group 
of men, with his years of practical wisdom and wide 
experience, he greatly strengthened and dignified the 
position of the Old Bay State in this council chamber of 
the Nation. Mr. Lovering's death was comparatively 
sudden, although his advanced years might have justi- 
fied a fear that his remaining years might be few. But 
the unlooked-for summons of Mr. Tirrell was a real 
shock, taking him from us, as it did, in the fullness of his 
matured wisdom and years, when we all felt that there 
were yet before him many years of honor and important 
advanced work. His loss to Massachusetts was acknowl- 
edged on all sides by the sincere evidences of sorrow 
everywhere displayed in his district when it became 
known that he had passed away. We mourn him as a 
colleague, but I also mourn him as a friend. 

He was a man who had won my respect and confidence, 
merited, I believe, in the fullest degree. Mr. Tirrell was 
my senior by many years, and when I came to the bar in 
Boston to practice law he was then one of the best known 
trial lawyers, and engaged in a very large practice. 

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Among his best clients was a large corporation, much 
of the business of which was with small contractors and 
builders. Some of these were careless and improvident, 
and among them one who became a client of mine. A 
dispute arose between my client and that of Mr. Tirrell. 
The directors of the corporation were men of very little 
sentiment and were accustomed to exacting their pound 
of flesh regardless of consequences. It seemed to me that 
my client was right, although from the standpoint of the 
corporation he had no rights at all. Long litigation 
would be necessary before my client could prevail, en- 
tailing large expenditures for experts and the cost of the 
protracted hearings. This naturally left him at a tremen- 
dous disadvantage, for his wealth consisted practically 
of a very large family, all of tender years. Good ethics 
and morals, aside from the equity of the question in- 
volved, convinced me that the corporation would do a 
grievous wrong in resisting my client's claim. I called 
upon Mr. Tirrell and discussed the question with frank- 
ness. My appeal to him for simple justice impressed him, 
and in a few days he wrote me stating that his clients 
had accepted my view, and a speedy settlement followed. 
This in itself was commendable, but, of course, not alto- 
gether extraordinary; but when I ascertained some 
months later that Mr. Tirrell had been unanimously 
overruled by the directors of his client, who insisted on 
taking advantage of the policy of might over right to 
defeat the ends of justice, despite Mr. Tirrell's advice, 
only to be told by him that he would no longer represent 
them if they j)ursued such tactics, then, indeed, did my 
admiration for the man assert itself, and for 11 years 
since that time I have continued to honor and respect 
him as a lawyer, gentleman, and high public oflicial. 
Further, I believe it was such sterling characteristics that 
endeared him to the many friends in all ranks of life 

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who knew him, and who became his loyal, steadfast sup- 
porters in public life. Like his colleague, Mr. Lovering, 
he had differed with the leaders of the Republican Party 
in Massachusetts on matters of policy and party action. 
This aroused angry feelings on the part of powerful in- 
terests in his district, who would have retired Mr. Tirrell 
to private life to replace him with some one who would 
bow the supple knee to them and their wishes. But the 
people of his district knew him best, and continued him 
here in Congress for six terms. His splendid courage and 
indefatigable efforts in behalf of his district combined 
to make this possible; but inasmuch as his successor to 
fill the unexpired term is a Democrat and his successor 
elected as a Republican by less than 100 votes, we are 
forced to the conclusion that our late colleague was a 
man who had peculiarly won his way into the hearts of 
his constituents in a remarkable degree. 

Massachusetts has always applauded courage and per- 
sonal independence, and we may easily believe it was Mr. 
Tirrell's enemies in high political circles caused by his 
courageous independence that made him so popular with 
the voters of the fourth district. A rather strange coinci- 
dence is noticeable in connection with the political situa- 
tion in the districts represented by our late colleagues, 
Mr. Lovering and Mr. Tirrell. Both were men of mature 
years; both came to Congress after brief service in the 
Massachusetts Senate. Both were schooled in the world 
of business — Mr. Lovering as a cotton manufacturer; Mr. 
Tirrell in connection with wood-pulp and banking inter- 
ests, which engaged his attention besides the law. Both 
differed with their party leaders and were constantly 
harassed for this reason, but in each case their districts 
stood solidly behind them. Both represented supposedly 
Republican strongholds, yet each was succeeded by a 
Democrat — Mr. Foss, a Democrat, succeeding Mr. Lover- 

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ing, while Mr. Mitchell, a Democrat, succeeds Mr. Tirrell. 
And to make the coincidence stronger, we find a Repub- 
lican successor to Mr. Foss by only 41 votes, while the 
Republican successor to Mr. Mitchell wins by less than 100 
votes. This striking difference in the vote for our late 
colleagues and their successors illustrates more strongly 
than words can tell the splendid opinion entertained of 
both Mr. Lovering and Mr. Tirrell by those who knew 
them best. No Democrat had ever succeeded in defeat- 
ing either, and a majority of thousands successively 
reelected each of them. 

Mr. Tirrell had won his spurs as a lawyer before the 
most exacting bar in the country, viz, the Boston bar. He 
understood men in a remarkable degree. Not in any 
sense magnetic — denied those physical attributes which 
often attract a following to a man in public life — rather 
small in stature, he nevertheless enjoyed the warm affec- 
tion of a multitude of friends, chiefly, I believe, because 
of his deep understanding of his fellow-men's ideas, 
hopes, and thoughts. No man can attain high office in 
our large fraternal organizations unless he clearly com- 
prehends and practices the cardinal virtues on which 
these great orders are built and organized. His high 
rank in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows as past 
grand master of the grand lodge at once carries convic- 
tion that he was a man among men, honored and re- 
spected in a large field where fickle public opinion and 
unreasoning public passion play no part. His ripe ex- 
perience in law and business, amplified and completed 
by his activity in the fraternal society life of this country, 
stamped Mr. Tirrell as one decidedly fit and equipped 
to enter duties as a Member of Congress from the Com- 
monwealtli of Massachusetts. It is needless to refer to 
the industry, care, thought, and indefatigable work which 
he brought to his official position in this great body. 

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His district was regarded and cared for with a zeal and 
thoroughness that won respect and gratitude from men 
of both political parties in all the cities and towns of the 
district. Massachusetts and the ideals of her people had 
in Charles Quincy Tirrell a Representative worthy of 
her best traditions and highest aspirations. She always 
demands honest, progressive legislation. He labored 
honestly and well in private and public life. His years 
were filled with industi-y and intelligent effort. He en- 
joyed his work and labored well to bring forth the best 
that was possible. How apt it is at this time in connec- 
tion with his sincere purposes and life attainments to re- 
call the beautiful thought of Kipling, an author of whom 
he was very fond : 

When earth's last picture is painted, and the tubes are twisted 

and dried, 
When the oldest colors are faded, and the youngest critic has 

died. 
We shall rest, and faith we shall need it, lie down for an seon 

or two. 
Till the Master of all good workmen shall put us to work anew. 

And those who are good shall be happy, they shall sit in a 

golden chair, 
They shall splash at a ten-league canvas, with brushes of comet's 

hair; 
They shall find real saints to draw from, Magdalene, Peter, and 

Paul, 
They shall work for an age at a sitting and never be tired at all. 

And only the Master shall praise us, and only the Master shall 

blame; 
And no one shall work for money, and no one shall work for 

fame; 
But each for the joy of working — and each in his separate sphere 
Shall draw the Thing as he sees it for the God of Things as they 

are. 



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Address of Mr. Tilson, of Connecticut 

Mr. Speaker: My remarks on the life and character of 
the late Charles Q. Tirrell will be very brief, as my 
acquaintance with him was not of long duration. Al- 
though short, that acquaintance so left its impress upon 
me that 1 am unwilling to let this occasion pass without 
a word of testimony to his sterling character. 

I first met Mr. Tirrell in one of the courts of my home 
city of New Haven, where he appeared as counsel in a 
case where I assisted in representing the opposite side. 
It was one of those chance meetings where neither of us 
thought of ever seeing the other again, so that it was 
something of a surprise when we next met each other on 
the floor of this Chamber at the opening of the Sixty-first 
Congress. The fact that we represented adjoining States 
gave us a neighborly feeling, which was added to by the 
fact that our names were called next to each other in the 
alphabetical roll of the House. These apparently unim- 
portant things first brought us together, and the result 
was the beginning of a friendship which lasted till his 
death. 

At the end of the extra session of this Congress we were 
both assigned to the Committee on Claims. If there is 
any committee in this House that thoroughly tests and 
tries the honesty, industry, and patience of a Member of 
Congress it is surely the Committee on Claims. To the 
conscientious member of that committee it means much 
hard, grinding work, as well as continual annoyance, 
while trying to find the facts and equities in the endless 
number of claims presented for consideration. The 
usual reward of such work on that committee is the scoff's 

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of the House for most of the claims found to be just and 
the ill will of the individual Members introducing the 
bills for those not favorably reported. Through such a 
test for many months I saw Mr. Tirrell go, but he turned 
not to the right hand or to the left. If he believed a claim 
was without equity or justice, no maudlin sentiment, no 
plea of poverty, however much he might sympathize, no 
courtesy for a fellow Member, though he was of a kindly 
nature and disposed to be obliging, could sway him one 
hair's breadth from what he believed to be right and just 
both to the claimant and to the Treasury of the United 
States. On the other hand, after sifting the facts and 
arriving at the conclusion that a claim was honest and 
just, though Members might scoff, though he knew he was 
to receive condemnation instead of credit for his action, 
he went on in the even tenor of his way, insisting that the 
United States ought to pay its just debts the same as any 
other debtor. 

Such was his work on that committee, and it was but 
an example of the honest, conscientious, thorough work 
that he did as a public servant. As one who to a limited 
extent worked with him, I am glad to bring this small 
tribute to his memory on this occasion. 

As to his earlier life and home life I know but little 
and will attempt to say nothing. However, on those 
points I have a letter from a mutual friend and brother 
laM^er, Prof. George E. Beers, of my home city, who 
knew Mr. Tirrell from boyhood; and as it bears a veiy 
sincere and gracious tribute of one friend to another, I 
wish to insert it here and have it printed as a part of my 

remarks : 

New Haven, Conn., February 10, 1911. 
Hon. John Q, Tilson, 

House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. 
My Dear Mr. Tilson: I have learned with much interest that 
you are to say a few words at the memorial service to be held in 

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honor of your distinguished colleague, the late Hon. Charles Q. 
Tirrell, of Massachusetts. 

I am quite sure that I had the pleasure and honor of intro- 
ducing you to each other in this city a good many years ago, 
when Mr. Tirrell and I were engaged in the trial of a case upon 
which you were one of the counsel upon the other side. This 
was long before you became a Member of the House, and I think 
some time before Mr. Tirrell became a Member, but after he 
had been a member of the General Court and of the State Senate 
of Massachusetts. 

My acquaintance with Mr. Tirrell began during my boyhood 
in Natick, Mr. Tirrell's home town, where our family and his 
were neighbors, living upon the same street. He had then 
recently entered public life and was an active and influential 
practitioner at the Boston bar. He was one of the leading citi- 
zens of the section in which he lived, interested in all worthy 
public enterprises, and one who enjoyed the respect and con- 
fidence of the whole community. Such was my impression of 
him when I was a boy. Later I was associated with him in 
occasional professional matters, and on closer view I found him 
the same as in former years, except that, of course, he had grown 
and developed, by contact with a larger world, in which he was 
playing so active and distinguished a part. 

Mr. Tirrell was a delightful man in his family and social rela- 
tions, and was particularly interested in the then struggling 
church — St. Paul's — of which he was a member, contributing 
liberally of his own means and working earnestly not only in 
the manner usual to laymen, but in the way of acting as lay 
reader in the church as his services were required. 

I feel that Massachusetts and the country at large have lost a 
most valuable public servant and the community of which he 
was a part one of its best and most valued members. 
Yours, very sincerely, 

George E. Beers. 



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Address of Mr. Sheffield, of Rhode Island 

Mr. Speaker: As one of those who knew Mr. Tirrell 
only during the Sixty-first Congress, I wish to add a few 
words in appreciation of his ability and service to his 
district and the Nation, and of the loss sustained by his 
friends in his death. 

There are many of his associates who can better tell 
of his 10 years of faithful work in this Hall and in the 
committees of the House. When I first met him he had 
acquired a recognized position upon some of the leading 
committees and a wide acquaintance in both branches 
of Congress. From his long service he was the ranking 
member of both the Judiciary Committee and the Com- 
mittee on Claims, on both of which committees he was 
an indefatigable worker and an influential member. He 
was chairman of subcommittee No. 1 of the Judiciaiy 
Committee, and thus I came to know Mr. Tirrell well 
and to appreciate his uniform courtesy toward all. He 
did much to influence the legislation that came from his 
two committees and passed the House. 

He was especially kind to younger Members who thad 
not had his experience, and he was always interested in 
assisting them in the performance of their duties and to 
a wider acquaintance with the problems of legislation. 

Hon. Charles Quincy Tirrell, born in Sharon, Mass., 
December 10, 1844, was graduated from Dartmouth Col- 
lege in the class of 1866. That college has always had a 
record for the number and character of its graduates who 
have entered public life. Hardly any educational insti- 
tution and certainly no small college has sent so many 
men to public service and to both branches of Congress. 

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Memorial Addresses: Representative Tirrell 

Mr. Tirrell was admitted to the bar in Massachusetts 
in 1870, after studying in the office of Richard H. Dana, 
jr., and established himself in the practice of law at the 
Suffolk County bar. There his fellow citizens early ap- 
preciated those enduring qualities of heart and mind 
which made him so beloved a public servant; a ready 
smile for all that knew him; an earnest effort to assist 
all that had any claim upon his time and devoted and 
disinterested service for his constituency. He served in 
both branches of the Massachusetts Legislature, and on 
March 4, 1901, became a Member of this House. 

Here he devoted himself with diligence to the needs 
of his district. He fought for and obtained the extension 
of the free rural mail delivery in his district. He was 
not looking always to exploit himself, but only for what 
was best for his State and the whole country. He was 
a strong temperance man, advocating what he believed 
was for the best interest of the countiy in the abolition of 
the canteen and other legislation to promote the welfare 
of the people. From his knowledge of the law, his fair- 
mindedness, his earnest advocacy of measures which he 
believed for the general welfare, he became well liked 
by his associates and of much influence in national legis- 
lation. As a member of leading committees, requiring 
much work in studying the questions involved and pro- 
moting the consideration of such measures as were en- 
titled to be acted upon by the House, he was at his best. 
He did not hesitate upon the floor of the House to empha- 
size his views and with courtesy and ability to present 
his arguments in defense of his position. 

In many ways Mr. Tirrell was an ideal legislator, dili- 
gent in investigation, cautious in coming to a conclusion, 
ardent and forceful in expressing his conclusions. He 
was ever vigilant in protecting the interests of his district 
and each citizen of it. He was broad and tolerant in his 

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Address of Mr. Sheffield, of Rhode Island 



vieAvs of national matters and patriotic in his advocacy 
of policies affecting tlie whole country. 

But it was chiefly as a friend and in the closer relations 
of his family that his loss will be lastingly felt. No man 
could meet him day by day and not enjoy his bright and 
keen comment on everything that was taking place and 
not appreciate his many acts of courtesy and kindness. 

He was most happy in his family life. Few men took 
such pleasure as he did in being with his family, riding 
about and enjoying the country and meeting with th^i, 
their friends. He will be missed in the family circle as 
few are missed. 

The test of manhood is the faithful performance of 
duty in every relation of life, not in striving after noto- 
riety, but in the quiet and conscientious doing of every 
act. Such a one was our deceased friend. He was an 
intelligent and devoted legislator, and his death was a 
distinct loss to this country. 

He was an honest and faithful friend, and as such we 
mourn his death to-day. 

To see the vacant chair and think 
How good, how kind, and he is gone — 
That friend of mine who lives in God. 



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Address of Mr. Howland, of Ohio 

Mr. Speaker: I come to-day with no formal words of 
eulog>% but simply as a friend to pay my tribute to the 
colleague who has gone. I had no acquaintance with Mr. 
Tirrell during the early years of his career, and it was 
not until the Sixtieth Congress that I had the privilege of 
placing him on my list of friends. 

On occasions of this character there is nothing that we 
can do, there is little that we can say to lessen the sorrow 
or soften the blow. Words — weak, halting words — yet 
they come from the hearts of friends. 

It is entirely fitting that his colleagues from Massachu- 
setts, that his colleagues from New England, should here 
to-day speak earnest, sincere words of eulogy and give 
us the biography of his earlier days. His services in this 
House, however, were of such a character that the Nation 
claims him as one of her illustrious sons, and the eloquent 
words just spoken by the distinguished gentleman from 
Oregon [Mr. Hawley] demonstrate the fact that his per- 
sonality, his conspicuous public service, will be gratefully 
remembered from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and 1, from 
the Middle West, from Ohio, join with my colleagues from 
Massachusetts — Ohio joins with Massachusetts — in mourn- 
ing for our mutual loss. 



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Address of Mr. Morgan, of Oklahoma 

Mr. Speaker: I regret that I have not had the time to 
make adequate preparation to speak on this occasion. I 
am not, however, willing that this hour should pass with- 
out saying a few words to indicate my high appreciation 
of the noble character of Charles Quincy Tirrell, whose 
memory by these memorial services we honor to-day. 
My personal acquaintance with the deceased did not ex- 
tend over a long period of time. I did not know him prior 
to the convening of the Sixty-first Congress. I was never 
intimate with him as others no doubt were. I did, how- 
ever, know him well enough to become sincerely attached 
to him, to form a high opinion of his character, to ap- 
preciate his many manly virtues, and to admire him as a 
man possessing many of the most sterling qualities of 
mind and heart. He possessed those attributes, charac- 
teristics, and qualifications which made him an ideal Rep- 
resentative in Congress. 

I mean to pay him the very highest compliment in say- 
ing that he was an honest man. Not honest merely in his 
business transactions, but honest in his convictions, hon- 
est in his work, honest in discharging his public duties as 
a Representative of the people. The constituency he rep- 
resented in this House was fortunate in having a Repre- 
sentative who performed his duties so honestly and 
conscientiously. 

Every Member here, I trust, fully appreciates the very 
high honor that membership in this House confers. Many 
of us, no doubt, feel our inability to meet, as we would 
like, all the requirements of the position we occupy. Do 
the best we may, we can not fully meet all the demands of 
the high position we hold. But we may all well follow 

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the splendid example set by our deceased associate, in 
honestly and faithfully discharging our duties and in 
giving our constituents and our country the very best 
that is within us. 

Charles Quincy Tirrell as a Representative in Con- 
gress displayed great industry. In the Congress of the 
United States, as elsewhere, industry is the golden key 
that unlocks the door to success. Our deceased associate 
was diligent in his work, careful and painstaking in his 
attention to business, persistent in his efforts, and perse- 
vering, conscientious, and brave in the discharge of every 
duty devolving upon him. 

Our deceased associate was not a man who was dis- 
posed to display ostentatiously his own ability or to un- 
duly magnify his own acquirements or to place an exag- 
gerated importance upon his own views and opinions. 
He was modest, unassuming, unobtrusive, and reserved in 
his disposition. He had a high regard for the views and 
opinions of others. In presenting fearlessly what he 
thought was right he alwaj^s had due regard for the rights 
of others. He always presented his own views in such 
a manner as not to offend others. 

Charles Quincy Tirrell was a man with high ideals of 
manhood and citizenship. He was attached to the free 
institutions of our country. He was patriotic in his im- 
pulses, and gave to his constituents at home and to the 
country at large the highest service of which he was 
capable. He did his full duty as a private citizen and 
as a public official, and left behind him an example we 
may all well follow, a life we may all imitate, a character 
we may all admire, and a record of public service that 
will long perpetuate his fair name, his noble character, 
and his splendid achievements. 

Mr. Mitchell took the chair as Speaker pro tempore. 

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Address of Mr. Greene, of Massachusetts 

Mr. Speaker: I recall to my recollection the pleasant 
association that it was my privilege to enjoy with the late 
Hon. Charles Q. Tirrell during his membership in the 
House of Representatives. I had known him for several 
years previously, but our friendship was very largely in- 
creased and strongly cemented because of our intimacy 
during the last 10 years, and I pay this tribute to his 
memory as my late colleague, which a long-established 
custom demands, with a feeling of sadness because of his 
departure, but also with a feeling of high appreciation 
of his public services and record. Mr. Tirrell was a 
student and lover of literature. He attended Dartmouth 
College and graduated with honors. His roommate was 
the Hon. Henry C. Ide, of Vermont, formerly commis- 
sioner at Samoa and Governor General of the Philippine 
Islands, and who afterwards was appointed envoy ex- 
traordinary and minister plenipotentiary to the Kingdom 
of Spain. They continued to be intimate friends and fre- 
quently spent considerable time together in Washington. 

Immediately after his graduation from college Mr. Tir- 
rell taught school in Peacham, Vt., and afterwards was 
principal of the high school in St. Johnsbury, Vt. He 
studied law in the office of the late Richard H. Dana, Esq., 
a very prominent attorney, at Roston, Mass. At that time 
young men adopted this method of preparing for the prac- 
tice of law more frequently than by attending a university 
or law school. He was admitted to the bar in 1870, and 
was elected a member of the Massachusetts Legislature 
from the town of Weymouth. Three years later he was 
married, and removed to the town of Natick, Mass. He 

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Memorial Addresses: Representative Tirrell 

was also twice elected to the senate from the district of 
which the town of Natick was a part. He was a presi- 
dential elector in 1888 upon the Republican ticket and 
cast his vote for the election of Renjamin Harrison for 
President. He was a good debater and was an active cam- 
paigner, expounding the principles of the Republican 
Party and defending its policies. 

Mr. Tirrell was a member of the Masonic fraternity, 
and was a very prominent member of the Independent 
Order of Odd Fellows, in which order he had enjoyed the 
honor of being the grand master for the State of Massa- 
chusetts. He was an ardent advocate of temperance, and 
held the ofTice of grand worthy templar of the Temple of 
Honor of the State of Massachusetts. 

In 1900 he was elected to represent the fourth con- 
gressional district of Massachusetts, and has been re- 
elected ever}' two years thereafter. The district contains 
3 cities and 41 towns, and has many diversified interests. 

The Rural Free Delivery Service particularly engaged 
Mr. Tirrell's attention, and he was especially active in 
securing the advantages of this service in all parts of the 
district. The watch industry of Waltham, one of the most 
important in the State, was of especial interest to him. 
He familiarized himself with all the details of the busi- 
ness, and he eloquently replied to some of the attacks 
made upon the industry by those who opposed the policy 
of protection of American industries and American labor. 

Mr. Tirrell was a prominent member of the Committee 
on the Judiciary, one of the most important in the House 
of Representatives. His long experience at the bar and 
great ability as a pleader was the reason of his being 
called upon to investigate many complicated legal propo- 
sitions which were constantly arising. 

He was also on the Committee on Claims. This com- 
mittee has many complex problems to consider, and Mr. 

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Address of Mr. Greene, of Massachusetts 



Tirrell's service was greatly appreciated. He had also 
rendered some service on the Committees on Education 
and Irrigation of Arid Lands. 

Mr. Tirrell actively opposed the appropriations for 
the maintenance of the canteen in the national soldiers' 
homes, and, finally, after a few years' struggle, he was re- 
warded by the support of a large number of his colleagues, 
and the appropriation was stricken from the sundry civil 
bill. Also he strongly opposed the reenactment of the 
legislation restoring the canteen whenever it was pre- 
sented during his membership in the House. 

In addition to his activities in public life, Mr. Tirrell 
was engaged in the organization of several savings banks 
and business corporations, and was eminently successful 
in his connection with many business enterprises. 

Mr. Tirrell and I were warm personal friends. During 
the second session of the Sixty-first Congress he did not 
enjoy good health, but notwithstanding his disabilities he 
rendered faithful attention to his duties. His friends 
hoped that rest and relaxation from his official work 
would result in the restoration of his accustomed vigor, 
but it seems to have been ordained otherwise. During 
the last few weeks of his life his spirits were buoyant, and 
he was active up to the day of his death. His last act was 
to dictate a letter to his campaign manager announcing 
his determination not to be a candidate for renomination 
to Congress. This was only the night before he passed 
away. 

My deceased colleague left behind him a record in 
public and private life which must afford great satisfac- 
tion to his family and friends. 



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Address of Mr. Mondell, of Wyoming 

Mr. Speaker : I had not contemplated participating ex- 
cept as an interested listener in the exercises in honor of 
the memory of our late colleague, Mr. Tirrell, but as I 
have listened to the remarks of the gentlemen who have 
preceded me, I have noted that no one has spoken for 
or on behalf of the Intermountain West, a region which is 
under great and lasting obligation to Mr. Tirrell. There- 
fore I feel it a duty, as well as a high privilege, to speak 
very briefly in the name of the West. 

It is unfortunate for us in many ways that our duties 
here are so engrossing in their character and command 
so large a proportion of our time that it is impossible for 
us to become intimately acquainted with all of our col- 
leagues. It is only the fortune of social intercourse, 
mutual interest, or committee assignment that brings us 
into that close contact by which we acquire a familiar ac- 
quaintance and true knowledge of the character of our 
colleagues. It was my good fortune to serve a number of 
years with Mr. Tirrell on the Committee on Irrigation of 
Arid Lands. We had under consideration measures of 
vast and far-reaching importance, the character of which 
was entirely novel to the industries, the aims, and aspira- 
tions of his constituents. We proposed the use of certain 
Federal income for the reclamation of lands in the far 
West, and therefore even the theater of proposed opera- 
tion was 2,000 to 3,000 miles from the boundary of Mr. 
Terrell's district, and the character of the legislation, pro- 
posing, as it did, a departure from past practice and vast 
expenditures, was calculated to arouse the hostility, at 

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Address of Mr. Mondell, of Wyoming 



least not to arouse the enthusiasm, of a man from a far- 
distant section of the country, one who was naturally 
conservative in his views. In the consideration of this 
measure, however, in the hearings held before the com- 
mittee, Mr. TiRRELL was patient, attentive, and sym- 
pathetic, with the result that he became, first, a believer 
in the plan proposed, and then an enthusiastic advocate 
of it, and by reason of his locality and of the confidence 
which the Members from his part of the Union had in his 
judgment he was exceedingly useful and helpful in secur- 
ing the passage of the national irrigation law. So, Mr. 
Speaker, I bring to these services the tribute of the West 
to the memory of a man of broad views, of broad sym- 
pathy, a man who in all his service here had but one 
thought, and that the best interest of all the people under 
the flag. 



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Address of Mr. Higgins, of Connecticut 

Mr. Speaker: I can only speak of our late colleague 
from an association with him as a Member of this House. 
I first met him upon the convening of the Fifty-ninth Con- 
gress, and that acquaintance, then formed, continued up 
to the time of the termination of his service in this body 
by death. It was my privilege to come into intimate 
association with him through our both being members of 
the Judiciaiy Committee. He showed in his service on 
that committee, as in the House, the courage, persistence, 
and fidelity which must have characterized his life before 
his service here. He was never afraid to meet any ques- 
tion which arose in the deliberation of that great law 
committee of this House, and however troublesome it 
might appear he did not dodge the issue nor waver in his 
conception of what he believed was wise and constitu- 
tional legislation. He considered the great questions 
pending before that committee as a trained lawyer and 
mindful of his oath as a Representative; he decided them 
as a judge, prompted only by motives of right and justice. 

It is a melancholy fact that we too rarely realize the 
physical disabilities that our colleagues are laboring un- 
der. Many times Mr. Tirrell attended committee meet- 
ings and to his other duties when many less courageous 
would have given thought only to the conserving of their 
strength. 

He valued highly his membership in the House of Rep- 
resentatives for what it enabled him to do for others, and 
he had a high conception of his public duties, which he 
ever faithfully discharged. 

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Address of Mr. Higgins, of Connecticut 



In my attendance upon his funeral services the evident 
esteem and affection in which he was held by his own 
people of the typical Massachusetts town of Natick was 
apparent on all sides. Business was suspended, the 
church was thronged, and the town that he loved to labor 
for and the district that he had so well served in this 
House for nearly 10 years gave marked appreciation of 
his public labors and worth. 

He was ever kindly and considerate. He realized to the 
fullest extent his obligations to the House of Representa- 
tives as its servant upon its different committees. In 
some measure I came to know of his home life in Wash- 
ington. This was characterized by those qualities which 
those of us who knew him best were confident that he 
brought to the home circle. He was a devoted husband 
and father. Massachusetts and the Nation have lost an 
honest, able, and conscientious public servant, whose in- 
fluence will continue to be felt, as it always was exerted 
on the side of truth and right. 



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Address of Mr. Roberts, of Massachusetts 

Mr. Speaker: I knew Charles Q. Tirrell for many 
years, and for the 10 years of his membership in this 
House was intimately acquainted with him. 

Other gentlemen have reviewed his life in great detail 
and have paid his memory the well-deserved tributes that 
his life won; and I shall only endeavor, in a very gen- 
eral way, to add my tribute to the man as I was privileged 
to know him, and to his character, which was known to 
all. 

With a fine educational qualification Mr. Tirrell came 
to this House after an apprenticeship in the Massachu- 
setts State Legislature; and a long term of service at the 
bar of that State, in the course of which he filled many 
positions of trust, and filled them all well. His record 
of achievement prior to becoming a Member of this House 
was notable, and his reputation as a man of capability, 
fairness, and unswerving honesty was well deserved. 

On assuming his duties as a Member of the National 
Legislature the traits that had made him successful in 
his private life began at once to have their effect on his 
career here. If there was one thing more than another 
which marked him for success, and assured his firm hold 
upon the affections of his constituents and fellow Mem- 
bers of this House I am confident it was his infinite ca- 
pacity for taking pains, to which was coupled that un- 
movable honesty of purpose and fearlessness of the opin- 
ions of others, so long as he felt himself in the right, which 
marked his course in his profession. 

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Address of Mr. Roberts, of Massachusetts 

In his service on the Committee on the Judiciary and 
on Claims these characteristics had wide scope and his 
work on both these committees was a real pleasure to 
him. The knowledge that to Mr. Tirrell was intrusted 
any particular measure was an assurance to those inter- 
ested that an unusual degree of painstaking care would 
be given to that measure in committee. 

Sometimes at variance with popular feeling and party 
alignment, pressure never affected him, unless it could 
be shown that his stand was in error, and then, as all 
broad-minded men are wont to do, he saw his mistake 
and was equally firm in his defense of the new and cor- 
rect position. 

Such traits as these could not but endear any man to 
those intimately associated with him, and when these un- 
usually well-developed attributes are added to a person- 
ality as sweet as was that of Mr. Tirrell's the combina- 
tion makes in a man such a one as we seek often to have 
for a friend and seldom find. 

His sudden death at the very height of his ability and 
in the midst of his career makes a gap in the Massachu- 
setts delegation that those of us who are left behind find it 
hard to overcome; and what is sadder far to the individ- 
ual comes a break in the circle of friends whom we hold 
dear that nothing can mend. 

His life was an open book. His virtues writ large, and 
his failings so small as not to be visible. His statesman- 
ship was of the highest and noblest type, and his life must 
serve as an inspiration to those of us to whom the carry- 
ing on of his work is left; while to those who will come 
in the future, and looking over the former membership 
of this House shall seek one from whose work they may 
draw that idea of faithful service which will serve as a 
standard to them, Charles Q. Tirrell will be an ideal. 



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Proceedings in the Senate 

December 6, 1910. 

Mr. Lodge. Mr. President, I ask that the resolutions of 
the House of Representatives announcing the death of the 
late Representative Tirrell be laid before the Senate. 

The Vice President. The Chair lays before the Senate 
resolutions of the House of Representatives, which will 
be read. 

The Secretary read the resolutions, as follows : 

In the House of Representatives, 

December 5, 1910. 

Resolved, That the House has heard with profound sorrow of 
the death of Hon. Charles Quincy Tirrell, late a Representative 
from the State of Massachusetts. 

Resolved, That the Clerk of the House be directed to transmit a 
copy of these resolutions to the Senate. 

Mr. Lodge. I offer the following resolutions and ask for 
their adoption. 

The Vice President. The resolution will be read. 

The resolutions were read and unanimously agreed to 
as follows: 

Resolved, That the Senate has heard with deep sensibility the 
announcement of the death of Hon. Charles Quincy Tirrell, late 
a Representative from the State of Massachusetts. 

Resolved, That the Secretary communicate a copy of these reso- 
lutions to the House of Representatives. 



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Proceedings in the Senate 



Mr. Hale. My motion to adjourn is, of course, pending. 
I withdraw the motion in order that the Senator from 
Massachusetts may offer a resolution of adjournment. 

Mr. Lodge. I submit the following resolution and ask for 
its adoption. 

The Vice President. The resolution will be read. 

The Secretary read the resolution, as follows: 

Resolved, That as a further mark of respect to the memory of 
those Representatives whose deaths have been announced the 
Senate do now adjourn. 

The Vice President. The question is on agreeing to the 
resolution submitted by the Senator from Massachusetts. 

The resolution was unanimously agreed to; and (at 2 
o'clock and 15 minutes p. m.) the Senate adjourned until 
to-morrow, Wednesday, December 7, 1910, at 12 o'clock 
meridian. 



February 22, 1911. 

Mr. Lodge, Mr. President, I desire to give notice that on 
Saturday, the 25th, at 5 o'clock, I shall ask the Senate to 
consider resolutions commemorative of the life and char- 
acter of Hon. William C. Lovering and Hon. Charles Q. 
Tirrell, late Members of the House of Representatives 
from Massachusetts. 



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Memorial Addresses: Representative Tirrell 



Saturday, February 25, 1911. 

The Chaplain, Rev. Ulysses G. B. Pierce, D. D., offered 
the following prayer: 

O God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to 
come, we rejoice that we, Thy children, though we seem 
but creatures of a day, yet share Thine eternity. Because 
Thou livest, we live; and because Thy years have no end, 
therefore are we without beginning of days or end of life. 
As we this day commemorate those who have labored 
with us for the common good, deepen in us, we beseech 
Thee, the assurance of Thy grace, and quicken in us the 
hope of life eternal. Grant, we implore Thee, that neither 
life nor death may separate us from Thee, in whom w^e 
live, move, and have our being. 

And so may God, our Father, who hath loved us and 
hath given us eternal comfort and good hope through 
grace, comfort our hearts and establish them in every 
good work and word. Amen. 

Mr. Lodge. Mr. President, I ask the Chair to lay before 
the Senate the resolutions of the House of Representa- 
tives on the death of Hon. Charles Quincy Tirrell, late 
a Representative from the State of Massachusetts. 

The Presiding Officer (Mr. Curtis in the chair). The 
Chair lays before the Senate resolutions of the House of 
Representatives, which will be read. 

The Secretary read the resolutions, as follows: 

In the House of Representatives, 

February 12, 1911. 

Resolved, That the business of the House be now suspended 
that opportunity may be given for tributes to the memory of Hon. 
Charles Quincy Tirrell, late a Member of this House from the 
State of Massachusetts. 

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Resolved, That as a particular mark of respect to the memory 
of the deceased and in recognition of his distinguished public 
career, the House, at the conclusion of the exercises of this day, 
shall stand adjourned. 

Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the 
Senate. 

Resolved, That the Clerk send a copy of these resolutions to the 
family of the deceased. 

Mr. Lodge. Mr. President, I offer the following resolu- 
tions and ask for their adoption. 

The resolutions were read, considered by unanimous 
consent, and unanimously agreed to, as follows: 

Resolved, That the Senate expresses its profound sorrow on 
account of the death of the Hon. Charles Quincy Tirrell, late a 
Member of the House of Representatives from the State of Massa- 
chusetts. 

Resolved, That the business of the Senate be now suspended in 
order that fitting tributes may be paid his high character and dis- 
tinguished public services. 

Resolved, That the Secretary communicate a copy of these res- 
olutions to the House of Representatives and to the family of 
the deceased. 



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MEMORIAL ADDRESSES 



Address of Mr. Lodge, of Massachusetts 

Mr. President: Charles Quincy Tirrell, whose mem- 
ory we commemorate here to-day, was born in Sharon, 
Mass., December 10, 1844. His parents were the familiar, 
sturdy type of the time, and while their son was still a 
young boy they moved from Sharon to Westfield. From 
all accounts he was the usual normal boy, participating 
in the sports of his playmates and doing generally what 
boys of that age and generation did for recreation and 
pleasure. He attended the public schools and entered 
Dartmouth College, from which he graduated in the class 
of 1866, one year after the close of the Civil War. After 
graduation from college his first employment was as a 
school-teacher. He was principal of Peacham Academy, 
at Peacham, Vt., for one year, and for the next two years 
he was principal of the high school at St. Johnsbury, in 
the same State. 

In the three years that he was engaged in teaching he 
found time to take up the study of the law, and finally, 
giving up his position as teacher, he went to Boston and 
entered the law office of R. H. Dana, jr., distinguished 
lawyer and jurist, and in 1870 was admitted to practice 
before the Suffolk County bar. 

He was a resident of Weymouth during the first year 
or two of his law work, and in 1872 was elected to the 
general court from that town. In 1873 he married Miss 
Mary F. Hollis, of Natick, to which place he removed, and 
it was here that he made his home up to the time of his 
death. 

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Address of Mr. Lodge, of Massachusetts 

In 1881 he was elected to the Massachusetts Senate and 
was reelected the following year. He served as a presi- 
dential elector for his district in 1888. He entered the 
House in 1900 as a Member of the Fifty-seventh Congress, 
and was reelected to the Fifty-eighth, Fifty-ninth, and 
Sixtieth Congresses, his service ending with his death 
on July 31, 1910. 

It will be seen from this record of Mr. Tirrell's service 
that he was always deeply interested in public aflfairs, and 
as early as 1869, while residing in Weymouth, he was a 
member of the school board and continued a member until 
his removal to Natick. In his home town he was always 
foremost in any movement of a public nature, and for 
many years he served as moderator of the town meetings. 

He was a leader in Masonic and temperance organiza- 
tions, and reached in time the highest office in the State 
body of Odd Fellows. 

In business Mr. Tirrell was active in banking and in 
the law, and was conspicuously successful in both. He 
was a quiet, painstaking, and methodical worker. 
Whether as a teacher, banker, or lawyer, he was always 
trusted and relied upon, and when he entered upon his 
service here in Washington it was his careful and assidu- 
ous application to his duties which made him of such 
value to his district, his State, and the Nation. His 
committee assignments were varied and important, 
but he could always be counted upon to do his work 
thoroughly and with an eye single to the best interests 
of the Government. 

He was an upright, high-minded man, and his death 
was a loss to his State and to the House of Representa- 
tives. I knew Mr. Tirrell first in 1881, when he was 
serving as a member of the State senate, and our friend- 
ship remained unbroken until his death. To me his 
death is not only a public loss but a personal sorrow. 

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Mr, President: It was my good fortune to know 
Charles Q. Tirrell for many years. A native of the Old 
Bay State, he spent his entire life there, with the excep- 
tion of the period of his course at Dartmouth College and 
three years during which he taught at Peacham and St. 
Johnsbury, Vt. I had known him as an able and high- 
minded lawyer before he came to Congress 10 years ago. 
He took a special interest in all questions pertaining to 
the welfare of the town of Natick, which was his home 
after his marriage in 1873, and his devotion to the work of 
upbuilding the community was recognized by his people, 
his popularity at home being attested by the fact that he 
was chosen as moderator of the town meetings year after 
year. 

Mr. Tirrell was an ardent advocate of the temperance 
cause, and his attitude toward this subject was shown 
in the stand he always took in the Halls of Congress when- 
ever that cause was under consideration. 

He served a year in the Massachusetts House of Rep- 
resentatives and two years as State senator. In 1888 he 
was a presidential elector. His service in the National 
House of Representatives continued through almost five 
terms. In all of his public life he was actuated by a 
desire not merely to serve his constituents with fidelity, 
but at all times to do what seemed to him to be right and 
in accord with his own conscience and judgment. He 
studied all public questions with a desire to understand 
them thoroughly before taking action. It was this faculty 
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House of Representatives, and his membership upon the 
important Committee on the Judiciary afforded him a 
large field for the exercise of his legal talents and knowl- 
edge. He took full advantage of the opportunity thus 
offered and was exceedingly helpful in the investigation 
of many important measures with which that committee 
was called upon to deal. His devotion to his duties in 
Washington was especially noteworthy during the last 
year or two of his life here, for in spite of poor health 
which came upon him he continued his attendance upon 
his committees and the House and gave his strength to the 
work in hand. In fact, he was never physically strong, 
but the determination and strength of character which 
he possessed made it possible for him to accomplish 
much. He will always be remembered as a helpful, 
earnest worker, not only for his town and community,' 
but for his Commonwealth and for his country. 

The uncertainty of life is brought home to us to-day 
when we recall that on June 5, 1910, Charles Q. Tirrell 
delivered an address in the House of Representatives 
upon the life and character of William C. Lovering, who 
died February 4, 1910, and that we are now met to express 
our appreciation of the service of Mr. Tirrell, who passed 
away July 31 last, only about seven weeks after he had 
spoken in the historic hall at the other end of the Capitol 
of the work of his colleague. 

Mr. Lodge. Mr. President, as a further mark of respect 
to the memory of Mr. Lovering and Mr. Tirrell, late 
members of the House of Representatives, I move that the 
Senate adjourn. 

The motion was unanimously agreed to; and (at 5 
o'clock and 25 minutes p. m.) the Senate adjourned 
until Monday, February 27, 1911, at 12 o'clock meridian 



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